How do I rent a gym for basketball in Atlanta?
Almost every school gym in metro Atlanta rents by the hour through its district's facility-use portal — Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Clayton each run their own. Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta rents its gyms through one central page. Expect to file a request in advance, show proof of insurance, and pay an hourly rate set by the district.
Last checked 24 September 2026
School districts are the main supply
School gyms are the largest block of indoor basketball in Georgia — 742 of the 1,221 indoor venues we track — and essentially none of it is drop-in. All of it is rentable.
Each district runs its own facility-use process, and the gym you want is booked through the district that owns it, not the school. The metro districts with the most gyms in our directory:
- Cobb County School District — 45 gyms
- Fulton County Schools — 38
- Gwinnett County Public Schools — 37, several of them through Facilitron
- DeKalb County School District — 35, several through DeKalb SchoolSpace
- Clayton County Public Schools — 26
- Atlanta Public Schools — 24, several through Facilitron
- Henry County Schools — 21
- Forsyth County Schools — 18
- Paulding County School District — 15
- Cherokee County School District — 11
- Fayette County Public Schools — 10
Several districts have moved onto Facilitron, a shared booking platform, which means one account can cover gyms in more than one district. Others run their own forms. Every school gym page in our directory links to the right district's rental page — and it matters that it is the right one, because a Fulton County school will not take a booking through Atlanta Public Schools.
What districts typically ask for
We have not verified fees venue by venue, because districts publish them as rate schedules that change by school year and by whether you are a non-profit. What is consistent across the ones we have read:
- A request filed in advance, often several weeks, not a same-day booking.
- Proof of liability insurance, naming the district as additional insured. This is the step that stops most casual groups.
- An hourly rate, usually tiered — resident non-profit, resident commercial, non-resident — and often with a separate custodial or supervision charge on top.
- A named responsible adult present for the whole booking.
Check the district's own fee schedule before you plan a season around it.
Boys & Girls Clubs
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta rents gyms at 19 of its clubs in our directory, through one central facility-rentals page rather than club by club. For a one-off run or a small weekly booking this is often simpler than a school district, because it is a single contact rather than a district bureaucracy.
City and county parks
Some city and county departments rent gym time directly: Henry County Parks & Recreation and Cherokee Recreation & Parks both do, and Brookhaven runs facility reservations through the city. These are worth calling for a one-off, because a parks department will sometimes rent you a two-hour block where a school district will not look at anything under a season.
The cheaper alternative
If what you actually want is a weekly run rather than a private facility, renting is usually the expensive way to get there. A $75-an-hour gym split eight ways is $9 a head; the same eight guys at a Gwinnett County open gym pay $2.25. Renting makes sense when you need a guaranteed floor at a guaranteed time — a league, a training group, a standing Tuesday.
If you do rent, the Pickup app is how you fill it: post the run, set the roster size, and let hoopers near you claim the spots.